CARSON, Calif. – Bye weeks and off days were prevalent in the early part of the LA Galaxy’s season, but now with the Galaxy preparing to play their first match of a stretch of three games in eight days, changes are expected.

LA kick off their stretch on Saturday against the Houston Dynamo before facing FC Dallas on May 21 at StubHub Center) and then traveling to the Windy City to take on the Philadelphia Union on May 25. This run of matches comes as the Galaxy are already depleted with Landon Donovan and Omar Gonzalez already away on international duty while Todd Dunivant and Marcelo Sarvas still nursing injuries.

Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena told reporters that he expects to shuffle his personnel over the next stretch of games.

“We need to see more out of Samuel and Robbie Friend. In the midfield, we’re reliant on Juninho, Ishizaki, and Baggio Husidic, I think [Gyasi] Zardes needs to step up a little,” said Arena. “We’re going to be rotating [the back line] over the next few games which will give Tommy Meyer an opportunity at some point and perhaps Robbie Rogers as well. Over the next three games, we’d anticipate changing our lineup each time.”

The Galaxy will take on the winner of the match between Arizona United SC and Oklahoma City Energy SC at a date to be determined later. If Arizona win their May 28 home match against Oklahoma City, they'll host the Galaxy at Peoria Sports Complex in Peoria, Arizona, but if the Energy are victorious, the Galaxy will host.

Meanwhile, Galaxy II could be in line for a home match against Seattle Sounders FC if they defeat PSA Elite on May 28. Los Dos would host Seattle at the StubHub Center Track and Field stadium at a date to be determined later.

CARSON, Calif. -- The LA Galaxy made a splash on Thursday by giving a young man a chance to make his life dream come true.

The Galaxy announced the signing of 15-year-old forward Jacob Trainor as part of his Make-A-Wish to be a member of the LA Galaxy. The Alabama native who was an accomplished youth soccer player was diagnosed with T-Cell Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia on February 8, 2011 that forced him to miss the rest of the soccer season.

LA Galaxy Academy star Jaime Villarreal has been named to the upcoming U.S. Under-20 National Team camp which will take place from May 17-25 at N.C. State University in Raleigh, North Carolina.

The camp will be led by U.S. Under-20 assistant and Chicago Fire technical director Brian Bliss, and see the U.S. U-20’s take on the Carolina RailHawks on May 20, the RailHawks U-23 side on May 22 and the Wilmington Hammerheads on May 24.

Villarreal has scored 10 goals in U.S. Soccer Developmental Academy play this season and tallied three times during LA’s participation in Dallas Cup.

LA Galaxy captain Robbie Keane was named to Ireland's provisional roster for their upcoming list of four friendlies including a pair of United States-based matches in June ahead of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, but whether he'll participate remains to be seen.

Keane was among the 32 players named to the squad for Ireland's matches against Turkey on May 25 in Dublin, Italy in London on May 31, Costa Rica at PPL Park in Chester, Pennsylvania on June 6, and Portugal at Metlife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey on June 10.

Any appearances by Keane for Ireland will likely conflict with preparation for Galaxy matches as LA face Philadelphia Union on May 25, Chicago Fire on June 1, and Chivas USA on June 8. When asked by LA Galaxy Insider about Keane's status, Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena said that he'd be speaking to Ireland coach Martin O'Neill about releasing Keane admitting that it was odd that he was called up.

LA Galaxy forward Landon Donovan is currently away on international duty but before he departed for U.S. National Team, he spoke with SB Nation in an interesting interview about his hopes to make the U.S. World Cup roster.